ISRS – Irish Soccer Referees' Society

President’s Message

Fellow Members of Society,

I hope you are all continuing to keep safe and well during these difficult and strange times. As many of you know by now, council held an online briefing meeting on Saturday the 6th of June. I want to thank all those that made themselves available to participate in what proved to be an excellent and informative meeting with over 35 participants from all around the Country. I would particularly like to thank Gerard Perry and Ger McDermott of the FAI who gave us an update on the planned resumption of football in the country.

President’s Update

Fellow Members of Society,
As you are probably aware by now the FAI have laid out a pathway for the resumption of football in this country. If everything goes according to plan the first games will not be played until mid-August, some three months away. We as the national officer board have had a number of online meetings to discuss how best to proceed and I would now like to share with you some of our plans:

FAI extends cessation of football under its jurisdiction

The Football Association of Ireland has extended the cessation order for all football under its jurisdiction until May 18th inclusive, following the latest directives from Government and the Department of Health. The Association will now examine what this lockdown extension and the guidelines published in the Government’s ‘Roadmap For Reopening Society and Business’ mean for all stakeholders at all levels of the game. The FAI will move to evaluate the implications and update stakeholders from all strands of football as soon as feasible.